Acosta (moon crater)
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| position | 5.65 ° S , 60.11 ° E | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 2900 m | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Cristobal Acosta (1515–1594) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Acosta is a small moon crater in the eastern foothills of Mare Fecunditatis , north of the striking Langrenus crater . A group of three craters emerges to the west, formed by the Atwood , Bilharz and Naonobu craters . Some distance to the north is Webb Crater .
Acosta is circular and bowl-shaped and shows a small crater floor in the center of the sloping inner walls. The crater was referred to as Langrenus C before it was given its current name by the IAU in 1976 .
Surroundings of Acosta ( LROC -WAC)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 269
Web links
Commons : Acosta - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Acosta in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Acosta crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
